Editor Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published November 5, 2026 · Updated November 5, 2026
Teams look past Anaplan when the platform feels larger than the planning they do, or when they cannot see a price before a sales call. Most go to Pigment or Planful for a comparable cloud platform, or to Vena, Datarails or Cube if the finance team lives in Excel.
Short answer: The closest replacements for Anaplan in our budgeting and planning software ranking are Pigment, Planful and Workday Adaptive Planning. Choose Pigment if you want a similar cross-functional planning platform with a self-serve trial. We took the other 12 from the Best Budgeting and Planning Software in 2026 ranking too, and each is compared with Anaplan alone, noting where staying put is the better call.
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Anaplan's platform page offers only a demo request, and its pricing page holds a contact form and no plans or amounts. A buyer cannot compare cost with another tool before talking to sales. Four alternatives here print a price, which is the clearest contrast.
The platform page lists finance, sales and marketing, supply chain, HR and retail planning across 16 industries, plus agents, apps and calculation engines. A team that only budgets and forecasts pays attention to a wider product than it uses, and will find narrower tools easier to scope.
The platform page links separate pages for services, partners, Anaplan Academy and a customer success program. Those pages did not state costs. Budget for training and build time as well as the licence, and ask what is included when you compare.
Best replacement at the top. Each row ends with where we place that product among the 14 we rank.
| # | Alternative | Headquarters | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pigment | France | you want a similar cross-functional planning platform with a self-serve trial | #9 |
| 2 |  Planful | United States | your core need is finance planning plus consolidation, not supply chain or sales | #4 |
| 3 |  Workday Adaptive Planning | United States | you already run Workday and want planning from the same vendor | #6 |
| 4 |  Vena | Canada | your planners work in Excel and you want it governed, not replaced | #5 |
| 5 |  Prophix | Canada | you are a mid-market group that needs consolidation next to budgeting | #3 |
| 6 |  Jedox | Germany | you want an Excel add-in plus web forms with per-user pricing | #13 |
| 7 |  Cube | United States | your team builds in spreadsheets and wants entities priced, not users | #2 |
| 8 |  Datarails | Israel | you want finance to stay in Excel and pay by users and connections | #7 |
| 9 |  Abacum | United States | you want an AI-assisted planning tool and are happy to request a demo | #10 |
| 10 |  Jirav | United States | a department-level planning tool at a printed annual price fits you better | #1 |
| 11 |  Fathom | Australia | you run a small group or accounting practice and want per-company pricing | #11 |
| 12 |  Float | United Kingdom | your real need is cash forecasting on Xero or QuickBooks | #8 |
| 13 |  LivePlan | United States | you are a small business and need a plan and budget, not enterprise modeling | #14 |
Cloud planning across finance, sales and headcount, with an AI modeling agent the homepage says cuts design time. The homepage offers a free trial and a demo, but the pages we read print no subscription price, so expect a quote like Anaplan's.
Switch from Anaplan if you want a similar cross-functional planning platform with a self-serve trial.
Financial performance platform that combines budgeting, consolidation, close and reporting, with intercompany eliminations and currency translation built in. It pushes results to Excel, PowerPoint and Workiva. The pages we read give no price and offer a demo only, so the cost arrives by quote.
Switch from Anaplan if your core need is finance planning plus consolidation, not supply chain or sales.
Workday's cloud planning product, sold for budgeting, forecasting and reporting, with a free trial link on its page. It sits naturally beside Workday HR and finance data. No price is printed, and a team without Workday gains less from the pairing.
Switch from Anaplan if you already run Workday and want planning from the same vendor.
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Keeps Excel as the front end while storing data centrally. Two packages, Professional and Complete, carry a customer success manager and AI, and Complete adds a sandbox and managed services. Licences come as power user, contributor or view-only, priced on request.
Switch from Anaplan if your planners work in Excel and you want it governed, not replaced.
Mid-market platform built from planning, close and consolidation, and reporting, with the line 'keep Excel where it works'. It claims 3,000 customers and lists eight industries. The homepage shows no price and no trial, only demo and consultation requests, so costs come by quote.
Switch from Anaplan if you are a mid-market group that needs consolidation next to budgeting.
Multidimensional planning delivered on web, Excel and mobile. Cloud pricing is a monthly fee per named user, billed annually, in Business, Professional and Professional Plus packages. User types are full, planner and viewer. Jedox offers demos, not a trial, and quotes by request.
Switch from Anaplan if you want an Excel add-in plus web forms with per-user pricing.
A data layer that feeds Excel and Google Sheets, with Bronze, Silver and Gold plans quoted by legal entities (1, up to 10, up to 50). Every plan has unlimited users, dimensions and dashboards. Multicurrency consolidation is an add-on, and the amount is not printed.
Switch from Anaplan if your team builds in spreadsheets and wants entities priced, not users.
Excel-based reporting and planning layer with Professional, Premium and Expert quotes, scaled by users (2, 5, 15) and integrations (1, 2, 3). Month-end close and cash management come in Expert. The page promises no consultant fees. No amounts appear.
Switch from Anaplan if you want finance to stay in Excel and pay by users and connections.
FP&A platform presented around an AI agent called Abra, with an Excel connector and planning, reporting and data modules. The site offers demos only and prints no pricing. It targets finance teams who want business-wide planning, so check how its scope compares before shortlisting.
Switch from Anaplan if you want an AI-assisted planning tool and are happy to request a demo.
Driver-based planning for smaller finance teams, with printed annual prices of $10,000 for Starter and $15,000 for Pro, and Enterprise on quote. Starter allows 2 admin editors and 5 departments, Pro 5 and 15. Collaborators and read-only viewers are unlimited on every plan.
Switch from Anaplan if a department-level planning tool at a printed annual price fits you better.
Reporting, KPI and cash flow forecasting priced per company. Pro Gold lists $450 a month with 25 companies and $17 for each extra, and offers a 14-day trial. Consolidation reaches 300 entities. Built for advisors and small groups, not departmental budgets with workflows.
Switch from Anaplan if you run a small group or accounting practice and want per-company pricing.
Cash flow forecasting connected to Xero and QuickBooks. Growth shows €185 a month billed annually (€230 monthly), Scale €275 or €345 and adds consolidation, with unlimited users and a 14-day trial. It forecasts cash, not departmental budgets or driver models.
Switch from Anaplan if your real need is cash forecasting on Xero or QuickBooks.
Business plan builder and forecast tool for small firms, listed at $20 a month (Standard) or $15 billed yearly, and $40 or $30 for Premium. It connects to QuickBooks and Xero and offers a 35-day money-back guarantee. It has no multi-entity or workflow depth.
Switch from Anaplan if you are a small business and need a plan and budget, not enterprise modeling.
Anaplan is still the right choice for a large organization that plans across finance, supply chain, sales and workforce on one platform and has the budget for services around it. Its platform page lists those functions, 16 industries and a services and partner network. Narrower tools here cover finance well, but not all of that range.
Planning logic is written in each vendor's own model structure, so expect to redesign dimensions, calculations and security rather than move files. Export the data you hold and document the rules first. Our fetched pages do not describe an export path, so ask the vendor and test it.
Run the new tool in parallel through one budget or forecast round before the Anaplan term ends. Check the renewal date and notice period in your own contract, since the pricing pages we read state neither. Keep read access long enough to compare actuals.
No. The pricing page we fetched on 5 November 2026 holds a contact form and no plans or amounts, and the platform page offers a demo. Jirav, Fathom, Float and LivePlan print prices, so they allow a cost comparison without a call.
Vena, Datarails, Jedox, Cube and Prophix all describe working with Excel. Vena and Datarails centre on it, Jedox offers a native add-in, Cube feeds Excel and Google Sheets, and Prophix says to keep Excel where it works.
Yes. LivePlan lists $20 a month or $15 on yearly billing, Float starts at €185 a month on annual billing, and Jirav's Starter plan is $10,000 a year. These suit smaller finance needs than Anaplan's cross-functional scope.
They differ. Jedox charges a monthly fee per named user, Cube prices by legal entities with unlimited users, Datarails scales by users and integrations, and Fathom prices per company. Compare on the unit that grows fastest for you.
Sometimes. Pigment and Workday Adaptive Planning show free trial links, Fathom and Float offer 14-day trials, and LivePlan has a 35-day money-back guarantee. Jedox and Prophix offer demos and consultations instead.
Not on the platform page we read, which shows only the copyright line for Anaplan, Inc. We therefore make no claim about its headquarters here, and the table uses the category file.
Prices, limits and descriptions for Anaplan and each alternative were confirmed on vendor-owned pages on November 5, 2026. A later change on the vendor side will not show here.
Sebastiaan Smits, Founder, wrote, edited and fact-checked this page.
Founder of The Interregnum and of 2 Steps Ahead, an AI search visibility agency. Editorially responsible for every page here; research and drafting are AI-assisted. Last reviewed November 5, 2026.
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